It was to be expected. EA and Valve don’t like each other anymore, so any games from EA will be distributed via Origin instead of Steam. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Dragon Age: Inquisition will be the same – but does that affect your purchasing decision?
Personally, it doesn’t matter much to me – I plan on playing this awesome looking RPG from the comfort of my couch, on a new-generation console. Unfortunately, my console won’t look like this, although that would be rather pretty:
Win this #DAI collectible console in the @Xbox lounge at #SDCC. #XboxOne http://t.co/O7geHNNg6H pic.twitter.com/L2ys8LT2lp
— Dragon Age (@dragonage) July 21, 2014
However, not all of you want to play this game on console like a peasant me. Some of you are planning to settle into your PC cave, but thanks to this official confirmation, that PC gaming experience won’t include Steam achievements or trading cards:
@MarkySharky For PC, yes it will be exclusive to Origin.
— Dragon Age (@dragonage) July 21, 2014
I know a lot of people hate on Origin – I’m one of them. I’m not sure if it’s the same on PC, but on Mac it is horrible to use – everything is stupidly slow and really clunky. I suppose it’s just more difficult for Origin to figure out how to scan my hard drive on Mac than PC. In all seriousness, does this revelation make you change your platform of choice for Bioware’s upcoming RPG? Were you hoping that you could still play it on Steam, or did you already assume that you’d be loading up Origin to get into Thedas?
Last Updated: July 22, 2014
Lord Chaos
July 22, 2014 at 09:03
I boycott Origin as far as possible, so I’d rather play it on console.
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:28
Me too. So in my case I’m just not getting the game.
Michael Allred
November 8, 2014 at 10:04
Or you know, boycott origin by downloading what i call, “the extended demo”
VampyreSquirrel
July 22, 2014 at 09:05
Oh well, guess I’m not getting this game on PC at all then 😛
Richard Tønnessen
September 12, 2014 at 22:54
I am, just not through Origin.
Pokkuru
November 12, 2014 at 23:28
Good one.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 09:07
Thanks for the confirmation Captain Obvious ;P
Ross Woofels Mason
July 22, 2014 at 09:09
Origins a pretty big pain in the ass to be honest. Gives me more headaches than actually use, probably going to get the console version instead now.
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 09:16
Exclusive to Origin on the PC. That’s like saying that the game is exclusive to Xbox Live and not the Xbox One. It’s like saying the game is exclusive to PSN+ and not the PS4.
Don’t support DRM.
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:30
Exclusive to Origin on the PC reads to me: No other clients supported. You know, since the PS and the Xbone only have their own clients.
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 09:43
So if you play the game on the Xbox One, PS4, PC without internet and not logged into Xbox Live, PSN, Origin. I wonder which with can’t play the game.
My PC should be the client to play the game, not Origin.
Don’t support DRM
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:45
Agreed, just chasing the logic there.
And yes. Don’t support DRM. (which is a big reason why I do buy lots of Steam and GOG games)
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 09:49
chasing the logic lol. That’s like saying Steam is not DRM.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 09:51
Steam isn’t. Steam is a platform. Steamworks has an OPTIONAL DRM component that developers can choose to use. There’s actually a few games that once downloaded you could copy the game folder to another location & run the game without even loading Steam.
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 10:08
The words you used to make it all better, “a few games”.
I don’t that any of the games I have on Steam is DRM free. I don’t think there has been a big game released to be DRM free on Steam.
The Witcher 2 can not be played without being logged into Steam. But the nice guys at GOG.com let’s you use the Steam DRM code to unlock the DRM free version on GOG.com.
So to sum it up. Nearly all games have DRM on Steam. So Steam = DRM.
Non of the games on GOG.com has DRM. So GOG.com = no DRM.
Don’t support DRM
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 10:21
You missed the finer point, but anyway.
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 10:28
Don’t support developers. lol. and because of DRM and Steam on the PC, developers don’t get the same level of support, they get from console gamers.
At least Microsoft and Sony get their cut, why shouldn’t Steam get it’s cut. Does Steam own the PC platform. And developers are not releasing their games on PC without Steam. Madness. Oh wait. Let’s see how well The Witcher 3 does on PC.
Don’t support DRM.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 10:39
DRM-free Collector’s Edition already preordered. 😀
For interest’s sake: http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games
It includes HL2 funnily enough.
hohopig
November 26, 2014 at 15:22
😛 What on earth are you saying .. that developer actually get support from the console gamers? On the other hand, there are so MANY modding and fan forum for PC only game …. goes figures.
As for DRM, Steam’s version is actually one of the more benign ones, compared to Origin which actually SCANS your PC for files that it have no right scanning.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA-Says-Origin-Isn-t-Spyware-Although-It-Does-Scan-Your-Entire-PC-36690.html
On the other hand, most of the time Steam just requires you to install it through the client and it is quite easy to put it to offline mode to play.
As for resource intensiveness, I can’t really say since I do NOT even want to touch Origin. But from the fact that it is scanning your PC (which definitely takes up processing cycles) and the general sentiment and feedback on the various forums, it is clunky, non intuitive and resource intensive.
Mark Treloar
November 8, 2014 at 10:38
Steam is DRM
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 11:06
It isn’t
Ryanza
July 22, 2014 at 11:35
Mostly all of the games released on PC requires Steam to just install the game. And you will need to be connected to the internet just to install the game.
If I go into Btgames now and look at new released games on the PC, it will most likely need Steam before you can do anything.
So Steam is DRM. You can not go into a retail store and buy a new PC game and just install it and just play it without Steam, Origin, Uplay.
The Witcher 3 is coming and I can not wait.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 22, 2014 at 11:02
Amen brother!
Lardus-Resident Perve
July 22, 2014 at 09:20
Doesn’t bother me, as I was planning on playing from my bed in any case on a new console! Just waiting for that last bonus before I decide on “dance academy” or console…or both!
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:31
Dance academy. Pays for itself. I danced my way through university.
Lardus-Resident Perve
July 22, 2014 at 09:50
I love dancing. I can watch beautiful women do it all night long!
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 10:26
LOL!!
The_aQuato
July 22, 2014 at 09:27
I seriously don’t get how this affects anything, I play the game for the game, I could give a crap if it’s on origin or not. Heck, they can even say the game will only be on floppies on PC with origin bundled with it and I’d still play it on PC
Dutch Matrix
July 22, 2014 at 09:30
Please! Stop making sense like that! It is not allowed on these forums! Here we hate EA simply for being EA.
(Personally, I am with you. If the game is that important to you, why bother about the method of delivery?)
Sageville
July 22, 2014 at 09:32
Well the floppies reference was silly, does anyone actually still have access to such ancient tech?
The_aQuato
July 22, 2014 at 09:33
The reference was to emphasize how silly such logic is
Sageville
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
I’m with you on the logic, I’ve never cared about Origin, Uplay or steam fanboyisms.
Sageville
July 22, 2014 at 09:39
That being said, at my work, I found this ancient relic, still in original packaging…
The_aQuato
July 22, 2014 at 09:41
That should be in a museum or something! lol
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 10:24
Made with lightning!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 22, 2014 at 11:03
Wow! You must never unwrap it. Let future generations experience the wonder of TDK cassettes.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
I got a couple in the back still I think but no, no one uses it.
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
I hear Admiral Chief as a sliver in his back where you can still insert them.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
hahaha
Sageville
July 22, 2014 at 09:41
LOL!
Kensei Seraph
July 22, 2014 at 09:52
I found a floppy underneath my bed the other day, does that count?
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 10:25
Underneath your bed? What’s on the floppy…cmon you can tell us.
Kensei Seraph
July 22, 2014 at 11:34
No idea.
I don’t have a floppy drive and have never even used one before.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 22, 2014 at 11:04
Dude overshare… OVERSHARE!!!
Kromas
July 22, 2014 at 12:14
I own 2 fully working 486 DX66’s for exclusive warcraft lan games and sometimes older 4X games.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 09:33
No, we hate for a lot more than simply being EA
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:33
Agreed. I personally don’t feel strongly about any EA game, so generally won’t buy it. But if it were something that I am a complete fanboy of, I could probably get around while using Origin.
Dutch Matrix
July 22, 2014 at 09:41
My Origin experience of late is not one that is all that bad. Recently I bought Mass Effect, ME2, Kingdoms of Amalur and another game for something insane like $5.00. I downloaded Origin, installed, entered my details and boom! Logged in, games downloaded, having fun all around.
Steam? THE EXACT SAME THING without the EA label.
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:42
I have SimCity and Dead Space 3 (which I got for free with SimCity) on my Origin. Haven’t bought anything EA since.
Caine Cox
November 19, 2014 at 13:29
i cant even use origin, im getting this online unavailable crap and have tried every fix and nothing works and have pre-ordered a copy of DAI. pretty pissed off if you ask me. EA needs to get their shit together and fix this damn issue millions of users are facing.
The_aQuato
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
I get the whole “we hate EA thing” and I agree on a lot of it, but still, they’re a platform to play games on and isn’t that after all what we want to do?
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:35
I can agree with that, but I just cannot give EA the satisfaction of a single one of my Randelas. That’s why they keep doing what they’re doing.
The_aQuato
July 22, 2014 at 09:37
I just tell myself I’m supporting BioWare… It softens the blow a little
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:37
Haha. True.
Dutch Matrix
July 22, 2014 at 09:44
I am kind of hating EA for what they are doing to the Sims 4. No pools and already got 3 stuff packs lined up. Could you please, at least just lubricate my bum before having your way with me?
But do I now go an boycott EA for everything they do? No. The answer is simple. If you do not like what EA does to a certain game, then do not buy that game. Let your wallet do the voting. If they see we don’t buy into their Microtransaction BS, then it would make business sense for them to stop doing that.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 09:57
Actually that’s precisely why I boycott EA. Their shitty business practices that affect ALL their games. And they’ll never stop because people can’t live without their games.
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 11:05
I agree. What they’re doing with the Sims 4 is shocking, but not surprising (knowing EA)
I for one just generally don’t support EA as a whole because we remain in the minority here, as most people will buy the games regardless of what it has or doesn’t have.
Dutch Matrix
July 22, 2014 at 11:19
The Sims games have always been a game about the extras. Even from The Sims 1 days you could easily add your own paintings, Sims and the like to the game. And it was a blast.
But the thing that got me worried about The Sims 4 is that I get the idea I am going to be buying half a game.
So I will wait for the reviews to come in, at the very least. If they say good game and good value for money out of the box, then I am in. If not… EA can kiss my lily white ass…
Sith JJ
July 22, 2014 at 09:32
Not all people are like you.
But I feel strongly enough about it to just not bother getting the game.
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 10:22
100% with you. Dont get the hate on Origin. I prefer it if all my Mass Effect, Battlefield and Dragon Age games are in one place.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 09:27
But surely there are advantages to using Origin, other than being able to play EA games or than scanning your files on your PC I suppose.
Morne Nell
July 22, 2014 at 09:32
Console only, hate origin.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 09:34
Buying it second hand, hate EA
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 22, 2014 at 11:05
Same for me. Anything that comes from EA has been boycotted, I will only bother if they’re in a used bin.
Hammersteyn
July 22, 2014 at 11:20
used bin, perfect analogy for what EA did with companies like Westwood and Bullfrog.
Chris Pelham
October 21, 2014 at 11:33
FUCK don’t remind me dammit. Oh nox and dungeon keeper how i loved you so.
Hammersteyn
October 21, 2014 at 11:38
Nox was awesome, didn’t deserve just the one game in the series
Jackie
July 22, 2014 at 09:46
i guess im the only one here that tollerates Origin, only because Steam scares the ducks ouda me.
Morne Nell
July 22, 2014 at 09:47
I wonder how long steam will last, think a lot of developers hate them
Matthew Holliday
July 22, 2014 at 13:02
dont think many hate them, but they all wanna be like them.
theyv all made their own versions of it atleast.
Matthew Holliday
July 22, 2014 at 09:47
meh.
had to get used to it for battlefield and mass effect anyway.
./care
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 10:28
My feeling as well. Dont see the problem.
Here’s my cup of care: |_/ Oh look! It’s empty.
Matthew Holliday
July 22, 2014 at 13:01
http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/number_of_fucks_given/zero.png
Mossel
July 22, 2014 at 13:08
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/bd/00/f3/bd00f3431d2643cb661f67e30fbbb8c0.jpg
Kensei Seraph
July 22, 2014 at 09:50
I’ll still get it on PC as all the other Dragon Age games I own are already on PC and it will probably be R200,00 cheaper on the PC (although i might need to spend more than that on upgrades).
The only difference it being on Origin makes is that I will wait a few weeks so that the Origin servers can recover from the surge of people trying to redeem their game (facking DRM).
Morne Nell
July 22, 2014 at 09:52
The problem with Origin is we never know if the problem is with the game or with Origin. My experience with Origin is that it is not stable and I had a constant line drop / disconnection issues.
Games such as Sim city would tell you the connection with Origin was lost, then kicks you out of the game. So was this an Origin or Sim city issue.
Kerrits
July 22, 2014 at 09:54
I don’t mind.
I actually prefer the Origin UI to that of Steam. It is also more responsive than Steam where the UI sometimes just freeze for a while.
Mark Treloar
July 22, 2014 at 09:54
So a lot of this article is directed at Steam and Origin not playing well together. Will we ses a similar article for Far Cry 4?
Kensei Seraph
July 22, 2014 at 09:55
No, that article will lambaste how Uplay needs to be running in addition to Steam and how this is a waste of system resources.
Johann
July 22, 2014 at 09:57
Truth be told I have no problem with it being on Origin but maybe that’s because I’m one of the few lucky ones that haven’t had any issues with Origin thus far.
Would love to have it on console, but first I need to get the new PS4 or Xbone. Sadly I have a bit of saving left to do.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
July 22, 2014 at 11:02
EA still pushing the One and Done as their preferred platform of choice.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 22, 2014 at 11:49
Oh, I feel silly for only just noticing the good photoshop job Zoe 😀
Rags
July 22, 2014 at 12:35
TBH I am starting to like Origin more than Steam. Steam achievements and trading cards are just part of the bloated fluff I can do without. Sure Origin has caused so much frustration over the years, but so has Steam in its early days and Origin is really starting to mature and become a lot more stable. I am perfectly fine with this.
Aries
July 22, 2014 at 13:40
Guess thats what you get for playing games on a mac
Dutch Matrix
July 22, 2014 at 14:16
Dear Steam fanbois. Please explain why currently my steam download is hovering at 50.3 KB/s and yet origin clocks a download at 200 KB/S?
Johan du Preez
July 23, 2014 at 09:17
Stop streaming gay donkey porn :P. On a serious note if you go into steam-> options -> Downloads you can change the download server there. You will notice there is allot of South African options. I personally use the Romania server as I always get full speed from there. The South African servers are wonkey to say the least.
Dutch Matrix
July 23, 2014 at 10:21
I will let you know that I stream Gay porcupine porn! I have standards you know???!!!!
Butt sorry but thanks for the tip!
Simon
July 22, 2014 at 15:16
Unfortunately I have no choice as I belong to the master race and I desperately want the game , but I will recount a recent tale of EA not giving a flying **** for their customers:
For long I have been searching for a hard copy of Mass Effect 3 in stores to no avail one trip to Kalahari later a copy would arrive in 12 working days, true as bob it arrived I hastened to install it went through the activation process but upon activation it would only give me the option to download not install, a precursory look on the forums told me this bug has existed at launch and still not fixed, some suggested calling EA help and ask for a new code, I followed this advice and still had the same problem. It was suggested that the problem occurred when using a copy of the game that came from another market. I examined the disc and found out that it was the british version, a second call to EA later and them ensuring me that both codes (original and regenerated) were not region locked nor for digital versions of the game I was flummoxed the poor guy could help me no longer he directed me to a few forum posts that suggested outlandish solutions. I tried one (involving starting the download (deleting downloaded files while keeping folder structure, unpack the game disks and copy across then resume the download so it can fix the install) it worked but I am still amazed that a game nearly two years old has not had this bug fixed by EA.
I just hope the same doesn’t happen come october as my pre order is with Kalahari
many apologies for the rant
RedJoker
July 22, 2014 at 17:56
This is sort of like pointing out the obvious…
Did anyone expect it to be any other way? It’s not like you play fifa on steam…
Johan du Preez
July 23, 2014 at 09:16
Already knew we have to use Origin hence why I am skipping this and getting The Witcher 3
Chris Pelham
October 21, 2014 at 11:29
i already skipped DA2 because it wasn’t coming to steam like the original(which i love), oh well another purchase down the drain.
Chris Pelham
October 21, 2014 at 11:34
I thought origin was dead ironically, how is GFWL?
whatever
October 30, 2014 at 04:42
I don’t buy games on Origin. I’ll either skip it or pirate it.
mike
November 11, 2014 at 23:25
boycotting origin doesnt do a thing. you sheep buying every game that EA puts out no matter what is how they still get to screw us over.
ryu
November 15, 2014 at 03:26
I hope its good. Da2 and me3 already taught me the price of such hope. So by that I’m not buying it for $70 untested. Now throw in the fact its ea and already at launch there is $10 dlc for horse armor and weapons and I expect an onslaught of it I won’t be buying it until the game is whole. Again not shelling out 70+10+10+10+20+5 until the end of their dlc cycle. I’d pay 60 for an ultimate edition with full no exception dlc pass for the satisfaction on getting it instantly. Not 70 on top of that game unplayed to be milked.
I don’t like the platform,I don’t like the company and the last 2 chances I gave them were both regretful buys. So its a toss up between skipping it, pirate (since they dont make decent demos anymore), or waiting for the clusterfuck of ea’s onsalught to be over for a finished product.
That said I have the witcher 3 long preordered. When people don’t hate you they can trust you and do silly things like pre-order an infinite product. Ea doesn’t have my trust, origins included and I hate them as much as you can possibly hate a stranger.
Paul W
November 16, 2014 at 00:45
If the only way I can get play it is through Origin, then I will not be buying this game.
burden of wings
November 17, 2014 at 22:55
so pc gamers MUST purchase and play through ‘origin’? i know it won’t, but i hope that crushes the “dragon age” brand. that’s coming from someone who loves the game through and through… it’s BS enough i have to use an interface in the first place (steam, origin, playfire). as long as the devs and profiteers think the game is about them and not about the fansplayers, they deserve to fail.
Landstander
November 23, 2014 at 22:48
I went to buy it today – only to realize it’s only on Origin. I won’t buy it – too many bad experiences with Origin software and too many regretted purchases. I’ll wait a year and see if it gets discounted or magically finds its way to Steam.
Is it possible to buy elsewhere and play (and get expansions) without Origin?
Ozbloke
November 25, 2014 at 16:25
I hate Origin with a PASSION. For years I’ve had problems not being able to access my bought account, made another one, ended up being locked out of that also. They have a STUPID system where if you cannot log in, you have to send a ticket, to do that you have to log in….. WOW REALLY? I even reset the password…. get the email confirmation it worked, and STILL cannot log in with the password I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM THEM SAYING IT ALL WAS RESET FINE. Since repeat same problem, Origin blows so hard, will not buy anything through them.
hohopig
November 26, 2014 at 15:17
Nah, giving it a pass, just like how I passed on ME3 as well. Thank god Witcher 3 is coming out soon.
Krantzstone
December 28, 2014 at 15:12
*sigh* Still trying to purchase Dragon Age: Inquisition on Origin, and no luck (error #5000). 😛
I’m not sure it matters whether it’s on PC or console since XBL got hacked, PSN got hacked, but so did Origin… and I can’t even login to my Origin application to play any EA games on PC because 2-step verification isn’t sending codes to my phone. 🙁
Valve Master race
January 8, 2015 at 12:04
Just pirate EA’s games to death, then they will have to start placing their games on steam.]
Breadfish
January 8, 2015 at 12:22
Hey Zoe, what happen? What caused EA and Steam to split? The Final straw?
Could be for a good article unto itself. Every time I hear a split with no explanation I think of RARE.
R.I.P RARE